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Berkshire Health Systems

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Research works
48
▲ 22% vs 2018-21
Citations
742
15.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
15%
world 40%
International
9%
world 18%
Berkshire Health Systems

Not ranked overall: Berkshire Health Systems is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Berkshire Health Systems work in?

In all years, 52% of research at Berkshire Health Systems is in Health Sciences, 30% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (33%), Health Professions (18%), Psychology (12%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 25 fractional works · 51.7% of its workMedicine: 16 fractional works · 32.8% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 9 fractional works · 17.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 9.0% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 4.9% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 15 fractional works · 30.0% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 12.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 8.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 9.0% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 9.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 4 fractional works · 8.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Health and Safety: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKBerkshire HealthSystems48fractional works, all years
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences52%Social Sciences30%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine1632.8%
    2. Health Professions917.8%
    3. Dentistry00.9%
    4. Nursing00.2%
    1. Psychology612.0%
    2. Social Sciences49.0%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting23.1%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance12.6%
    5. Decision Sciences12.2%
    6. Arts and Humanities11.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences35.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.8%
    4. Neuroscience00.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Environmental Science12.3%
    2. Engineering12.0%
    3. Computer Science11.1%
    4. Physics and Astronomy00.9%
    5. Mathematics00.8%
    6. Chemistry00.7%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.5%
    8. Materials Science00.4%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.31× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEnvironmental Science: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceDentistry: 4.76× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.13× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.15× its world share, 3 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.67× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 11 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry4.76×0 works
  2. Medicine3.15×3 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.31×1 works
  4. Health Professions2.13×0 works
  5. Psychology1.67×0 works
  6. Social Sciences0.59×0 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.46×0 works
  8. Arts and Humanities0.40×0 works
  9. Computer Science0.30×0 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.24×0 works
  11. Environmental Science0.20×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Berkshire Health Systems?

The most cited paper from Berkshire Health Systems is "Predictors of Cardiac Rehabilitation Referral in Coronary Artery Disease Patients" (Todd M. Brown, Adrian F. Hernandez, Vera Bittner et al., 2009), with 282 citations. Next come "American College of Rheumatology Guidance for the Management of Rheumatic Disease in Adult Patients During the COVID‐19 Pandemic: Version 3" (244) and "American College of Rheumatology Guidance for the Management of Rheumatic Disease in Adult Patients During the COVID‐19 Pandemic: Version 1" (185).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Predictors of Cardiac Rehabilitation Referral in Coronary Artery Disease Patients Todd M. Brown, Adrian F. Hernandez, Vera Bittner et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology Open access 29 Jul 2009 282
2 American College of Rheumatology Guidance for the Management of Rheumatic Disease in Adult Patients During the COVID‐19 Pandemic: Version 3 Ted R. Mikuls, Sindhu R. Johnson, Liana Fraenkel et al. · Arthritis & Rheumatology Open access 5 Dec 2020 244
3 American College of Rheumatology Guidance for the Management of Rheumatic Disease in Adult Patients During the COVID‐19 Pandemic: Version 1 Ted R. Mikuls, Sindhu R. Johnson, Liana Fraenkel et al. · Arthritis & Rheumatology Open access 29 Apr 2020 185
4 The Effect of Two Novel Lubricant Eye Drops on Tear Film Lipid Layer Thickness in Subjects With Dry Eye Symptoms Donald R. Korb, Robert C. Scaffidi, Jack V. Greiner et al. · Optometry and Vision Science Jul 2005 134
5 Initial Clinical Experience With Regadenoson, a Novel Selective A2AAgonist for Pharmacologic Stress Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Robert C. Hendel, Timothy M. Bateman, Manuel D. Cerqueira et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology Open access 10 Nov 2005 129
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Which keywords describe research at Berkshire Health Systems?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Quality of Life, Meta-Analysis, Healthcare, Evidence-Based Practice, Primary Care, Quality Improvement, Medication Errors and Cardiovascular Disease.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Quality of Life4▲ 6.2×13 topics
  2. Inflammation3▲ 2.5×11 topics
  3. Meta-Analysis2▲ 9.3×5 topics
  4. Healthcare2▲ 7.0×5 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 4.2×10 topics
  6. Mental Health2▲ 3.9×8 topics
  7. Evidence-Based Practice2▲ 25×3 topics
  8. Primary Care2▲ 9.8×7 topics
  9. Quality Improvement2▲ 19×4 topics
  10. Medication Errors2▲ 71×2 topics
  11. Depression2▲ 4.2×7 topics
  12. Mortality2▲ 6.4×6 topics
  13. Patient Satisfaction2▲ 12×5 topics
  14. Psychotherapy Outcome2▲ 75×1 topic
  15. Therapeutic Alliance2▲ 75×1 topic
  16. Healthcare Quality1▲ 24×3 topics
  17. Integrated Care1▲ 59×2 topics
  18. Management1▲ 3.7×4 topics
  19. Physician Burnout1▲ 47×2 topics
  20. Simulation1▲ 8.0×2 topics
  21. Clinical Decision Support Systems1▲ 91×1 topic
  22. Electronic Health Records1▲ 39×1 topic
  23. Health Effects1▲ 4.3×4 topics
  24. Quality of Care1▲ 32×2 topics
  25. Elderly1▲ 9.3×2 topics
  26. Chronic Kidney Disease1▲ 8.3×1 topic
  27. Crisis Resolution1▲ 88×1 topic
  28. Dialysis1▲ 45×1 topic
  29. Direct Payments1▲ 130×1 topic
  30. Food Safety1▲ 7.6×2 topics
  31. Health System Reform1▲ 28×2 topics
  32. Home Treatment1▲ 88×1 topic
  33. Lean Manufacturing1▲ 22×1 topic
  34. Maintenance1▲ 30×1 topic
  35. Medical Education1▲ 9.2×3 topics
  36. Medical Equipment1▲ 81×1 topic
  37. Personalisation1▲ 130×1 topic
  38. Self-Determination1▲ 143×1 topic
  39. Social Constructionism1▲ 52×2 topics
  40. Universal Design for Learning1▲ 143×1 topic

Which research topics does Berkshire Health Systems publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Dialysis and Renal Disease Management, Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications, Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis and Eosinophilic Disorders and Syndromes.

Dialysis and Renal Disea…1Dialysis and Renal Disease Management: 1 fractional worksMolecular Biology Techniques and Applications: 0 fractional worksInterstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: 0 fractional worksEosinophilic Disorders and Syndromes: 0 fractional worksStroke Rehabilitation an…0Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 0 fractional worksOccupational exposure and asthma: 0 fractional worksReconstructive Facial Surgery Techniques: 0 fractional worksHuman Pose and Action Recognition: 0 fractional worksDelphi Technique in Research: 0 fractional worksPatient-Provider Communication in Healthcare: 0 fractional works
NephrologyMolecular BiologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineRheumatology6 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Dialysis and Renal Disease Management Nephrology 1 works
  2. 2 Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications Molecular Biology 0 works
  3. 3 Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  4. 4 Eosinophilic Disorders and Syndromes Rheumatology 0 works
  5. 5 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 0 works
  6. 6 Occupational exposure and asthma Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  7. 7 Reconstructive Facial Surgery Techniques Surgery 0 works
  8. 8 Human Pose and Action Recognition Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 0 works
  9. 9 Delphi Technique in Research Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  10. 10 Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare General Health Professions 0 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available14.7%not open85.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.2%domestic only90.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Berkshire Health Systems's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 22% higher than in 2018-2021.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Berkshire Health Systems as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000030% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Berkshire Health Systems0.000012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Berkshire Health Systems over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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